Wakefield police are investigating after a man said he was assaulted when he stopped his car to help someone else.

Police said the man told them he stopped on Fellows Road to help someone whose car had broken down.

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"So, he pulled over to assist the driver, and he was struck by something that rendered him unconscious," said Lt. Mark O'Brien.

Police said the man doesn't know what he was hit with, but he told them he was unconscious for at least an hour. Investigators said the incident is particularly unusual because the victim said nothing was taken.

"He awoke in front of his vehicle, and the other vehicle was gone," O'Brien said. "He went home and called police."

Family members told News 9 the victim, 24-year-old Michael Paquette, is member of the National Guard who was on his way to training.

Paquette said he was driving on Fellows Road in Wakefield when he saw a broken-down car on the side of the road and thought the other driver was someone from school.

"When I stopped I realized I didn't know the person, but since I already stopped I offered to help anyway," Paquette said.

While helping the man change his tire, Paquette said the man made a comment and then hit him.

"I turned to ask him what he said and then he must of hit me with something because that's all I remember," Paquette said.

The guardsman said he was clocked in the head and left on the side of the road, unconscious for about an hour.

Relieved he wasn't robbed, Paquette turned his attention to his injuries.

He had a scratch on his face and a headache so he got into his car, drove home and called the police.

When he was taken to a hospital, Paquette said doctors noticed something on a CT scan.

"They saw something in the left side of my brain that might be the start of some bleeding so they admitted me. I had to stay overnight. The second CT scan came back clean. Whatever they saw was gone," Paquette said.

Paquette was discharged from the hospital Sunday and has been working with police describing what the man looked like and the vehicle he was driving.

Wakefield police hope someone saw something on the heavily traveled Fellows Road, which is near the town dump.

"Be wary of who you are about to help. Be cautious of your surroundings. Unfortunately I wasn't as cautious as I should have been," Paquette said.

Investigators said they are looking for a green Toyota with Maine plates. The driver is said to be white, in his 30s and has a mustache.